PH logs 139 new COVID-19 infections; active cases decrease to 3,177
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) logged 139 new infections on Thursday, based on the COVID-19 tracker available on its website.
While still slightly lower than the average cases recorded the previous week, May 2 to 8, at 168 cases per day for a total of 1,124 infections, this is still higher than the infections logged on Wednesday, which was only at 109.
READ: PH logs 1,124 new COVID cases from May 2 to May 8 — DOH
Despite more new infections, active infections decreased further to 3,177.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections now sit at 3,687,567 nationwide, with 3,623,938 recoveries and 60,452 deaths.
A total of 20,505 individuals, meanwhile, was tested on Wednesday, May 11.
This comes just a few days after the May 9 national and local elections. An independent think tank — Octa research — earlier warned that Metro Manila could see 500 to 1,000 new COVID-19 cases per day should the coronavirus transmission increase after Election Day, May 9.
READ: ‘Up to 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases in NCR likely if transmission increases after May 9’
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